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. >> once again, we are hearing from the man at the center of a bizarre moment during nelson mandela's memorial service. he stood nec to president obama and other world leaders during the service, he says he is schizophrenic and that he was hallucinating that angels were entering the stadium. >> i was faced with a very very difficult situation, and my medical condition. which my life was in danger. because you know, the security was very tight, and then when they come -- i see myself now i'm sick. but i'm proud of myself, that there was no mistake that happened today. >> we want to get to some breaking news right now, coming out of yemen, there are reports 15 people have been killed the report says they were on their way to a wedding when they were mistaken for an al quaida convoy. witnesses say it was a drone attack. we will continue to follow any additional details as soon as we get them. some call eight convenience, others say it is a nuisance, on whether to allow the use of cell phones beginning today. we are live with both sides of this debate. cotton was once king of egypt, now t
. >> once again, we are hearing from the man at the center of a bizarre moment during nelson mandela's memorial service. he stood nec to president obama and other world leaders during the service, he says he is schizophrenic and that he was hallucinating that angels were entering the stadium. >> i was faced with a very very difficult situation, and my medical condition. which my life was in danger. because you know, the security was very tight, and then when they come -- i see...
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line to pay their respects to nelson mandela. his body will lie in-state until it is taken to his hometown village to be buried. >>> rioter versus withdrawn after fierce clash with the ukrainian government. john kerry is
line to pay their respects to nelson mandela. his body will lie in-state until it is taken to his hometown village to be buried. >>> rioter versus withdrawn after fierce clash with the ukrainian government. john kerry is
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line to pay their respects to nelson mandela. saturday he'll be taken to his home village t on sunday to be buried. >>> bulldozers have been withdrawn after clashes with protesters in the ukrainian capitol. secretary of state john kerry said he's disgusted by the crackdown. >>> private companies will now be able to grow pot. the government will oversea the sale and the law goes into effect next year. "inside story" is next on al jazeera america. >> the ukrainian crisis and a country caught in the latest version of the east-west superpower struggle. i'm ray suarez, and that is the inside story. >> the latest trouble in ukraine is brewing for weeks. the crisis approached the breaking point overnight as police moved against the protesters in the ukraine capitol kiev. it was the rejection of a deal for closer economic ties with europe that sent protesters into the streets. it's a high-stakes drama and a flash point of the larger power struggle between russian president putin on one side and the united states and europe on the other.
line to pay their respects to nelson mandela. saturday he'll be taken to his home village t on sunday to be buried. >>> bulldozers have been withdrawn after clashes with protesters in the ukrainian capitol. secretary of state john kerry said he's disgusted by the crackdown. >>> private companies will now be able to grow pot. the government will oversea the sale and the law goes into effect next year. "inside story" is next on al jazeera america. >> the...
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barack obama could be controversial. he mentioned in a tribute to nelson mandela that he was a hum fluence, and is obviously one of the high profile statesman, perhaps it is fitting that he speaks. as far as the u.n. secretary-general, obviously that is almost a no-brainer in a way. but, yes, i don't know - i don't know the controversy surrounding others. i think that the selection of speakers is quite a good reflection on nelson mandela's time in office. it would be nice to see more south africans, perhaps, that would be possible my only criticism of the speakers. >> editor of "the south africa." thank you very much indeed. >> now, most people think of oil drilling as a capital-intensive job undertaken by corporations. in myanmar it's luring thousands of poor people from the countryside. >> it's 19th century technology, combined with 21st century entrepreneursh entrepreneurship. this is a farm ir turned prospector lured to the oil pits by the thought of easy money >> translation: when i heard about it i dreamt of striki
barack obama could be controversial. he mentioned in a tribute to nelson mandela that he was a hum fluence, and is obviously one of the high profile statesman, perhaps it is fitting that he speaks. as far as the u.n. secretary-general, obviously that is almost a no-brainer in a way. but, yes, i don't know - i don't know the controversy surrounding others. i think that the selection of speakers is quite a good reflection on nelson mandela's time in office. it would be nice to see more south...
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away from world leaders, including president obama. the deaf federation from south africa said they were arbitrary and did not make sense. one tweet summed up the outrage: >> gatecrashers are common. david niven's introduction of liz taylor was once interrupted by a streaker. probably the only laugh that man will get in his life is by stripping off and showing his short comings. at super bowl 38, mark robbins wore a fake referee uniform and walked past security. in the second half he danced wearing a thong before a trail tackled him. he ran nicked through wimbledon. the miss world and tv weather cast but called the super bowl the holy grail of streaking. >> in super bowl 12, dallas cowboys coach tom lance brie was carried out of field. the guy on the left was dion rich. he had no ticket. in super bowl one, he was part of the trophy presentation he should being into dozens of super bowl and olympics. he had a better time than james miller. he par glided into the ring of the bowe fight. his lines got gought in the security. >> and then a
away from world leaders, including president obama. the deaf federation from south africa said they were arbitrary and did not make sense. one tweet summed up the outrage: >> gatecrashers are common. david niven's introduction of liz taylor was once interrupted by a streaker. probably the only laugh that man will get in his life is by stripping off and showing his short comings. at super bowl 38, mark robbins wore a fake referee uniform and walked past security. in the second half he...
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the arena has seats for 95,000 people and president obama is one of those scheduled to speak. he and the first lady left washington this morning headed to that event, traveling with them, a former president george w bush, and wyatt laura, meanwhile, one of the mandela's daughters joins the hundreds that will continue to stop by the families home in suburbans johannesburg just to pay tribute. president obama is part of an impressive list of world leaders attending tuesday's historic event, a look at who is going and who is not, from our jonathan bets. close to 100 have r super bowlcps so far. the queen of england can't make it but prince carl can. british prime minister will join nearly every other european head of state. so is the palestinian president, but not israeli prime minister. he is concerned about the high travel and security costs. other no shows include russian president vladimir putin, and the dalai lama. china has made it very difficult for him to travel. all these powerful people will be in one huge soccer stadium. so obviously it is a big target. an entire airpo
the arena has seats for 95,000 people and president obama is one of those scheduled to speak. he and the first lady left washington this morning headed to that event, traveling with them, a former president george w bush, and wyatt laura, meanwhile, one of the mandela's daughters joins the hundreds that will continue to stop by the families home in suburbans johannesburg just to pay tribute. president obama is part of an impressive list of world leaders attending tuesday's historic event, a...
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president obama says it's a good first step. now, it needs approval from the house andnate. south africans line the streets to say good xwe to nelson mandela. >>> for the first time in the history, a woman will run a major car company. general motors taps mary barra to be its
president obama says it's a good first step. now, it needs approval from the house andnate. south africans line the streets to say good xwe to nelson mandela. >>> for the first time in the history, a woman will run a major car company. general motors taps mary barra to be its
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. >> in the end joie, nelson mandela appreciated americans. he made many trips to america. he had great relationships with both bushes, with president carter, with president clinton and with president obama. he loved the american people and he felt a great deal of support from them but he didn't feel that the government and the governments of western europe the at the time supported the anc and the antiapartheid cause joie. >> world leaders coming to pay their respects to nelson mandela, they are the poorest people of south africa whose lives were so impacted by what nelson mandela did. >> he was really the core of his cause. this is the country where 85% of the population, the black population had access to virtually nothing while only a small percentage had access to education and property and wealth. you know in the old days under apartheid blacks couldn't live in the city centers where i am now, they would come in on a daily basis. one of those outsecurities was alexandra township, now fully part of it. just beyond alexandra is the suburb of sandton, probably the riches
. >> in the end joie, nelson mandela appreciated americans. he made many trips to america. he had great relationships with both bushes, with president carter, with president clinton and with president obama. he loved the american people and he felt a great deal of support from them but he didn't feel that the government and the governments of western europe the at the time supported the anc and the antiapartheid cause joie. >> world leaders coming to pay their respects to nelson...
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said good buy to nelson mandela. mandela's remains lie instate. and we spoke to poet maya angelou who wrote about his death. >> we suddenly lost everybody which is why in the next few lines i mentioned the people of south africa and tell them that we, the people of the united states, we americans, in particular that we also lost a friend, and we speak to th all f the south african people and say, sorry, we, too, we lost someone. sorry. we have feelings for you. >> riots in ukraine where police clash with protesters. >> the united states is appalled by what happened in kiev. the ukrainian government response to peaceful protest over the last two weeks has been completely unacceptable. >> thousands of protesters have filled the capitol for weeks demanding the president's resignation. >> reporter: everyone had been expecting it, confrontation, where the revolutionary movement control the center of kiev and the government unwilling to lose face. government militia's storm the barricades at one entrance of the jaar militi
said good buy to nelson mandela. mandela's remains lie instate. and we spoke to poet maya angelou who wrote about his death. >> we suddenly lost everybody which is why in the next few lines i mentioned the people of south africa and tell them that we, the people of the united states, we americans, in particular that we also lost a friend, and we speak to th all f the south african people and say, sorry, we, too, we lost someone. sorry. we have feelings for you. >> riots in ukraine...
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nelson mandel a had a special place in the hearts of many in northern california. many felt a close connection to the anti-apartheid leader strength and hope, and continue to struggle. >> 1990, an end of an 8-city tour of the united states for nelson mandela. he chose to thank the people of the san francisco bay area. [ music ] >> commemorating him this past week, city leaders invoked their own contribution to the anti-apartheid movement. back in the 1980s, musical and instilltutional investments involving billions of dollars. >> san francisco, the university of camera and the state of california played a leading role in initiating the movement in south africa. >> anti-apartheid student protests took place here in the 1980s at u.c. berkeley including a 100-day sit-in and brought together thousands of students. >> police and more than 150 people were arrested. >> students, here, again, overnight, in the solidarity. >> now, a state assembly woman was then a graduate student who led the campus divestment committee. we felt we were morally implicated in the regime that
nelson mandel a had a special place in the hearts of many in northern california. many felt a close connection to the anti-apartheid leader strength and hope, and continue to struggle. >> 1990, an end of an 8-city tour of the united states for nelson mandela. he chose to thank the people of the san francisco bay area. [ music ] >> commemorating him this past week, city leaders invoked their own contribution to the anti-apartheid movement. back in the 1980s, musical and...
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president obama and the first lady left for south africa, board air force 1 joined by george bush and his wife. are ali velshi is leading our team in johannesburg. ali, set the scene for us literally hours before the event tomorrow in johannesburg. >> well it's gone cold, tony, it's raining tonight in johannesburg. it was a clear day. police were setting up barricades and rerouting. you could see dignitaries coming in and police convoys. as you said jimmy carter is here as well. george w. bush, bill clinton will be here, world leaders from all over the place. i had a chance to sit down with jimmy carter, who knew nelson mandela very well. he was on the same plane coming down. he said in all the times he knew nelson mandela, he never said thank you to the u.s. government to end apartheid. here's why. >> i would say i had many talks with nelson mandela. i never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states. he was grateful to cuba, he was grateful to others that spoke up for him while he was still in prison. he was grateful to the people that condemned the apartheid regime. b
president obama and the first lady left for south africa, board air force 1 joined by george bush and his wife. are ali velshi is leading our team in johannesburg. ali, set the scene for us literally hours before the event tomorrow in johannesburg. >> well it's gone cold, tony, it's raining tonight in johannesburg. it was a clear day. police were setting up barricades and rerouting. you could see dignitaries coming in and police convoys. as you said jimmy carter is here as well. george w....
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the biggest cheers were when president obama was introduced. here's some sounds from what he said. >> mandiva would emessage as the last great liberator of the 20th century. like gandhi, he would lead a resistance movement, a movement that at its start had little prospect for success. like dr. king, he would give potent voice to the claims of the oppressed and the moral necessity of racial justice. >> we're joined again by our guests from columbia university and n.y.u. it's a pleasure you here and get the context. i want to talk more about the man being honored today and this global outpeg, which i can't remember seeing this since the death of pope john paul ii perhaps. you count the word leaders, more than 50 are there. help us understand why this outpouring. was it simply his life, his personality? what was it about nelson mandela? >> do you want to take that, or should i go ahead? >> go ahead. >> it's not just the fact that many of the people themselves were politically active in the apartheid struggle. i think the international struggle pul
the biggest cheers were when president obama was introduced. here's some sounds from what he said. >> mandiva would emessage as the last great liberator of the 20th century. like gandhi, he would lead a resistance movement, a movement that at its start had little prospect for success. like dr. king, he would give potent voice to the claims of the oppressed and the moral necessity of racial justice. >> we're joined again by our guests from columbia university and n.y.u. it's a...
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nelson mandela's ex-wife winnie attended a church service. president obama, george w. bush and clinton will travel to south africa for memorial services. >> we go to our correspondent at the soweto church where services wrapped up. what is significant about this church? these are some of the church members in the church listening to the service. this building was a lot of things to many people. up therefore on the painting on the wall is the painting of a great activist. we have nelson mandela, and archbishop desmond tutu. during apartheid students running from the police used to come in and hide. there were occasions that police would come in and shoot them, and several have died in this building. it's an emotional time, an historical place. it shows how far the country has come. >> you mentioned people cowering in the church. what are religious leaders saying today about madeba's passing. >> the message is simple. it was think about the good things and learn from him. one thing was be a good person. the police were saying for example, share a meal with a friend. sit,
nelson mandela's ex-wife winnie attended a church service. president obama, george w. bush and clinton will travel to south africa for memorial services. >> we go to our correspondent at the soweto church where services wrapped up. what is significant about this church? these are some of the church members in the church listening to the service. this building was a lot of things to many people. up therefore on the painting on the wall is the painting of a great activist. we have nelson...
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president obama out of town to attend memorial services for nelson mandela praised the deal. insta statement, he said this agreement doesn't include everything i'd like and i know many republicans feel the same way. that's the nature of compromise. republican leaders also weighed in on the announcement, house speaker john boehner said while modest in scale, this agreement represents a positive step forward by replacing one time spending cuts with permanent reforms to mandatory spending programs that will produce real lasting savings. not everyone was pleased with the budget deal. the proposal did drop some who say it doesn't go far enough. patty murray said compromise is key. >> i'm confident that we won't have 100% of the senate or house. >> speaker boehner said the first vote will be held in the house. in two days, members of scheduled to head home for the holidays. congress would return in january with another shutdown deadline looming, something congressman ryan hopes to avoid. >> i think it does alleviate uncertainty plaguing this country acknowledge capitol. >> you see
president obama out of town to attend memorial services for nelson mandela praised the deal. insta statement, he said this agreement doesn't include everything i'd like and i know many republicans feel the same way. that's the nature of compromise. republican leaders also weighed in on the announcement, house speaker john boehner said while modest in scale, this agreement represents a positive step forward by replacing one time spending cuts with permanent reforms to mandatory spending programs...